A billion wings and 7 million people calling in sick Monday: Super Bowl XLVII by the numbers

1:45 PM,
Feb. 2, 2013

The entrance to the Super Bowl XLVII Experience at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, La.

Written by

Jon C. Ogg
24/7 Wall St.

Each year, the Super Bowl enthralls Americans. So, 24/7 Wall St. wanted to pull together some factoids about Super Bowl XLVII.

The game will be a boon to New Orleans, but the raw dollars spent elsewhere in the United States for the big game by the public, by teams and by companies come to an astronomical sum when you start to add them up.

24/7 Wall St. tracked ticket prices for a physical seat at the game, the price of a TV commercial, the many millions of viewers, chicken wing and pizza consumption, beer consumption and more. We also have some basic figures for New Orleans to see what sort of ...